Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this informative book examines the famous incident known as the revolt of the Admirals, a subject that has intrigued military officers for some time.

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this exceptional book examines the watershed period in carrier development that occurred immediately following World War II, when design advances were made that would be crucial to the centrality in national-security policy making that carriers and naval aviation have today.

A World Ago chronicles, through one young man's journal and vivid letters to his parents, his life, adventures, and experiences at a magical time. It follows him from being a Naval Aviation Cadet to becoming a “regular” sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga on an eight-month tour of duty in the politically tense Mediterranean Sea.

Jade Greenway returns to her Navy roots for duty with Admiral Quincy’s staff on an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. Iran attacks the fleet without warning, causing major damage to the carrier and other ships in the fleet. Captain Greenway is seriously wounded, but she must assume command of the fleet, and get it to safety. Her action brings her to the attention of the White House.

Operation GOTCHA relates the story of a hypothesized top-secret plan by the Soviet Union to launch in 1998 a surprise cruise missile attack against the United States. The plan, devised supposedly by the legendary Admiral Sergei Gorshkov, details how Soviet submarines were positioned for the attack as well as the missiles' targets. Gorshkov muses in the story that the plan would succeed. Would it?

In sixty-four days, Senior Chief Brendan O'Reilly will retire after 30-years in the Navy, but today he's working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Today, he has to stop daydreaming about visiting National Parks with his lovely wife, Diane, in their new motorhome. Today, Brendan O'Reilly has to keep himself and his shipmates alive.

When the Cold War turns hot in 1959, LTGJ Bobby Smith, USN, and crew are chosen to deliver an atomic bomb against Communists forces in China. The plan is to fly "under the radar" at night to achieve a surprise attack. No one knows if a single engine attack plane can survive a nuclear blast which is five times the power of the Hiroshima weapon.